Ranked No. 1, the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers finish their unbeaten season by defeating the Hurricanes to win the national title. Quarterback Tommie Frazier earns MVP honors by guiding the Huskers to two fourth- quarter touchdowns and a frenetic 24-17 victory.

She was a pro at 13, a m illion­ aire at 14, and out of the game at 17. After getting booked on charges of marijuana posses­ sion, tennis star Jennifer Capriati enters a drug rehab program and makes a comeback in autumn where she plays well but loses her Allsport lirst-round match.

Former Wimbledon champ Andre Agassi wins the 1994 U.S. Open and beats cham­ pion Pete Sampras at the 1995 Australian Open. Called the most popular tennis player in the world, the tennis phenom has a new girlfriend, former model Brooke Shields.

The National Hockey League plays only 48 of the 82 games in the season this year due to a lockout. Following baseball's example, hockey owners put salary caps on their players, who strike but lose out to the owner's rule.

Track and field star Wilma Rudolph dies at the age of 54. The 20th of 22 children, she overcame polio, scarlet fever, and pneumonia to become a basketball star at 13, an Olympic bronze medalist at 16, and a winner of three gold medals in the 1960 Rome Olympics. Reuters/Bettmann ) itchman , 45, n July, Miguel Indurain of Spain makes a triumphant wearing the same entry on the Champs Elysees in Paris to win the red trunks he sported Tour de France for the fourth straight time. He wins the when he fought I 3-week, 3,218 km contest easily, finishing five minutes, 39 Muhammad Ali 20 years seconds ahead of the field. Greg LeMond, the only American to earlier, wins the world’s win the Tour de France three times, retires from racing because boxing title of health problems. from Michael Moorer with a 10th round .